In the year 2015, it is amazing that anyone in the United States contracts measles. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports
that the U.S. eliminated all native cases of measles in the year 2000.
New cases generally occurred only among unvaccinated foreigners. Today,
however, because of ignorant “anti-vaxxers,” the disease is staging a comeback.
Anti-vaxxers often claim the right not to put “poison” in their children’s bodies. That is ludicrous. A mountain of data has demonstrated that vaccines are safe and effective. Insisting otherwise is akin to believing that the moon landing was faked.Like this column? Get more in your e-mail inbox
A more serious objection is that, like birth control, those with
religious objections should be exempted. But, let’s remember that civil
rights go both ways.Prohibitionist John Finch
once said, “Your right to swing your arm leaves off where my right not
to have my nose struck begins.” For infectious disease, we could
reformulate that to: “Your right to be sick ends where my right to be
healthy begins.”
Measles is perhaps the most infectious human disease. Virus particles can remain
in the air for up to two hours after an infected person leaves. And
measles is not a minor infection. The World Health Organization (WHO)
reports that before widespread vaccination began in 1980, 2.6 million people a year died from measles. About 400 people a day still do.
Put simply, no person has the right to threaten the safety of his
community. Like drunken drivers, the unvaccinated pose an imminent
danger to others. They pose a lethal threat to the most vulnerable: the immunocompromised, such as HIV or cancer patients, and infants who have yet to receive their vaccines.
Anti-vaccine parents are turning their children into little walking
time bombs. They ought to be charged for endangering their children and
others.
Because humans are the only natural host for the virus, the WHO hopes to eradicate the disease from the planet, just like smallpox. This noble mission has been greatly complicated by such medical luminaries as Bill Maher and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who have spread anti-vaccine propaganda to millions. They have blood on their hands.
It is time to end this insanity. Though jail sounds drastic, it could
be the only way to send a strong message about the deadly consequences
of failing to vaccinate children.

ABOUT ME

I am a writer, film maker, artist, and non vax / natural immunity advocate. I am a vegetarian and supporter of human rights for all. I am a bit of a smart ass, and I have a very strange sense of humour. Currently I am working on a non vax / natural immunity / vaccine injury documentary called "SPOTTING THE TRUTH" and I run a community for people who are non vaxers and supporters of natural immunity on GOOGLE+. I can be contacted by email forcedanarchy@gmail.com or on FACEBOOK, TWITTER, or GOOGLE+